What does it take to rank well in Google? Do backlinks matter anymore? Does it really matter if your content is good or not? Let’s talk… Not too long ago I read an exceptional blog post over on Moz. It is titled: The Two-Part SEO Ranking Model: Let’s Make SEO Simple I HIGHLY encourage…
It was a cold winter day just shortly after my birthday on February 18, 2007 when I got the wild and crazy idea to make a website and learn to make money online. That was 3,396 days ago… 9 years, 3 months, and 18 days ago… Who-da-thunk I’d still be here today? My husband believed…
One day you’re ranking awesome in Google – the next day you’re not. POOF, those good rankings disappear and you don’t even rank for your domain name anymore. What the heck happened? There are many reasons this could happen, but now add in the fact that OTHER sites linking TO your site could cause Google…
Do you think it’s possible that ONE outbound link on your site could cause a SITEWIDE Google penalty? I never really thought so until I started following a situation that is being talked about a lot online. Let me fill you in… This conversation seemed to have all started with an open letter to Matt…
When one guest blogging service got singled out hit with a Google penalty recently (as well as the sites using the service), it has since been a BIG topic of discussion. Was it fair? Did Google use MyBlogGuest as an example to spread more fear in the community? Was it an over-use of power by…
Finding keywords that combine commercial intent with products that people are REALLY buying online is that ‘sweet spot’ for affiliate marketers. Keyword search volume is fun and all, but not nearly as fun as hitting the sweet spot between traffic volume – and traffic that actually buys things. Learning to find those profitable ‘buyer keywords’…
The topic of backlinks has been on my mind and apparently on the minds of many of my readers as well. I rarely go a day without getting at least one email asking me about backlink building, if backlinks are “dead”, what kind of backlinks are safe – which work, which will get your site…
I just spent an hour or so of my life over on a post at SearchEngineLand.com – mainly in the comments section. Barry Schwartz has an article summarizing what Matt Cutts explained in one of his videos about how Google determines a ‘paid link’. I have had more SEO-related entertainment on that one web page…